Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-108
Advisory Release Date: 2023-02-17 20:48 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-02-22 23:25 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input. (CVE-2022-45939)
Affected Packages:
emacs
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update emacs --releasever=2023.0.20230222 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
emacs-devel-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-debugsource-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-common-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-common-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-lucid-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-nox-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-nox-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
emacs-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
noarch:
emacs-filesystem-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.noarch
emacs-terminal-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.noarch
src:
emacs-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.src
x86_64:
emacs-devel-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-common-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-debugsource-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-common-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-nox-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-lucid-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-nox-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
emacs-debuginfo-28.1-2.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64